Media Guild of the West members voted 100% to 0% to support the California Journalism Preservation Act (AB-886, Wicks) and similar measures addressing tech platforms’ corporate power.

Media Guild of the West members voted 100% to 0% to support California SB 254 (Skinner) and similar transparency measures to allow journalists to more adequately cover jails and prisons.

On April 4, Media Guild of the West members will debate whether we support large tech platforms paying California news publishers for featuring our journalism on their services.

Guild leaders said the legislation would benefit some of the nation’s largest and most predatory local news companies, such as Gannett

Congress needs to take a long look at companies like Gannett if it’s going to bend federal anti-trust laws and hand a blank check to news executives to help cover up their own corporate mismanagement.

Media Guild of the West members voted 96% to 4% to support California Senate Bill 1044 and similar policies that seek to boost journalist safety in hazardous work environments.

The following statement is from more than a dozen organizations representing thousands of working journalists and First Amendment advocates. Alene Tchekmedyian is a member of Los Angeles Times Guild unit of Media Guild of the West.

California lawmakers have begun debating a bill, Senate Bill 911, to create a California Board to Fund Public Interest Media in an effort to promote independent, local public service news coverage.

At an April 4, 2022, quarterly membership meeting, Media Guild of the West members adopted the following resolution 100% to 0%.

Public funding for journalism is an issue that California’s journalists in particular are likely to be discussing in the weeks, months and years to come as California lawmakers debate Senate Bill 911.

In a State of the Union address, returning President Matt Pearce highlighted several victories for members over the past year.

On Jan. 1, 2022, new legal protections against arrest go into effect for journalists covering protests and similar activities in the state of California. Here’s a guide to understand them.

Media Guild of the West filed a petition for review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday in support of stronger OSHA vaccination standards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The L.A. Times staff includes more than 80 journalists with roots in Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East and North Africa. We are coming together as the AAPI Caucus of the L.A. Times Guild.

Gov. Newsom's office announced that he has signed SB 98, ushering in expanded protections for California journalists covering protests and other civil disturbances.

The Guild’s Executive Committee voted to endorse bargaining for vaccine mandates as part of a set of comprehensive COVID-19 safety policies.

Election results were announced Wednesday by Media Guild of the West’s Elections Committee.

The authors of the Los Angeles Police Department’s after-action report about the March 2021 unrest in Echo Park failed to interview multiple journalists who were detained for doing their jobs.

Media Guild of the West members passed an endorsement resolution 54% to 46% at the July 12, 2021 membership meeting.

After an unprecedented outcry by local journalists in recent weeks, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5 to 0 on Tuesday to support expanding legal protections for journalists covering protests and civil unrest in California.